CVE-2026-27631 | THREATINT

Description

Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC image metadata. Prior to version 0.28.8, an uncaught exception was found in Exiv2. The vulnerability is in the preview component, which is only triggered when running Exiv2 with an extra command line argument, like -pp. Due to an integer overflow, the code attempts to create a huge std::vector, which causes Exiv2 to crash with an uncaught exception. This issue has been patched in version 0.28.8.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-02-20 | Published 2026-03-02 | Updated 2026-03-02 | Assigner GitHub_M

LOW: 2.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

Problem types

CWE-248: Uncaught Exception

Product status

< 0.28.8

affected

References

github.com/.../exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-p2pw-7935-c73j

github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/3513

github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/3514

github.com/...ommit/659db316eef745899a778a1e0b760a971d1b69df

cve.org (CVE-2026-27631)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-27631)

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